Lone Wolf Race Warriors and White Genocide
Author | : Mattias Gardell |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 75 |
Release | : 2021-06-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 1108711138 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781108711135 |
Rating | : 4/5 (135 Downloads) |
Download or read book Lone Wolf Race Warriors and White Genocide written by Mattias Gardell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Brenton Tarrant live-streamed his massacre of 51 Muslims in Christchurch, NZ, in March 2019, he was but one in a series of lone-acting white men committing violent crime to further the radical white nationalist aim to save the white race from extinction and establish a white ethnostate. From where did white nationalists get the notion of an ongoing white genocide? Why should "resistance" against a perceived invasion of "white" territory be launched by individual "lone wolves" massacring non-combatants they had no prior relation to? How could slaughtering children be construed as a heroic act that a perpetrator wants to broadcast to the world? Based on a collection of interviews with lone wolves, their victims, and supporters, and a close reading of lone wolf, fascist, and radical nationalist material and communication, this Element provides answers to these and adjacent questions of importance.